Rutherford County

Rutherford County is located in central Tennessee. The County Seat is Murfreesboro and the largest city is Murfreesboro. The Official Web Site is located at http://rutherfordcountytn.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 288,906 and the 2010 census population was 262,604. The land area is 619.36 square miles and there are 424 persons per square mile.

80.4% of the population is White, 13.5% is Black or African American, 7% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.3% is two or more races. 89.7% have a high school degree or higher, and 28.3% have a Bachelor degree or higher.

The median home value is $159,100, there are 96,731 households, an average of 2.73 persons per household. The per capita income is $25,077, the median household income is $55,401, and 13% of the persons in Rutherford County are considered below poverty level.

The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 20,939. Retail sales (in $1000) were $2,804,294, and sales per capita were $11,588. The percentage of black-owned firms is 6.1%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 25.3%.